Assistant Designer Review

by Samsung Electronics

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Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • A variety of design tasks including CAD, animation, sketching, brainstorming and research. Working to briefs set by the team and eventually presenting to head office


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed new software skills along side old ones, gained industry knowledge on how consumer electronic design process happens.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • High level of responsibility, were treated exactly like any other member of the team and often supported large projects, being soley responsible for single aspects of the process


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • My manager was very supportive and helped me develop as a designer, giving lots of constructive feedback when needed


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • My team and other coworkers were very welcoming and social, and i found it easy to talk to anyone in my office. It is very high paced and can be tough at times, but hard work is often rewarded and managers are highly supportive.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I greatly enjoyed my placement, i benefited from being able to learn a lot whilst working at the company and developed most of my skills to a high quality.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Samsung Electronics
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Samsung Electronics to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Samsung Electronics
  • Make sure you are able to talk through your portfolio and are genuinly enthusiastic about working at the company. Be prepared to work on many varied roles that you may not have done and dont be afraid to ask questions.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

London

August 2022


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